Molecular differentiation of treponema pallidum subspecies in skin ulceration clinically suspected as yaws in vanuatu using real-time multiplex PCR and serological methods

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-138

  Chi, Kai Hua ^a   Danavall, Damien ^a   Taleo, Fasihah ^c   Pillay, Allan ^a   Ye, Tun ^a   Nachamkin, Eli ^a   Kool, Jacob L ^d   Fegan, David ^f   Asiedu, Kingsley ^d   Vestergaard, Lasse S ^e   Ballard, Ronald C ^b   Chen, Cheng Yen ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^f WHO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 23S; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BEJEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSPECIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP ENDEMICUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP PERTENUE; VANUATU; YAWS; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; PROCEDURES;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHILIPPINES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

EID: 84920618781     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0459     Document Type: Article

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